Dress-form



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j Dr'essForm. No; 236,881, Patented llan. 25, |881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HALL, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRESS-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,887, dated January 25, 1881.

Application filed May 31, 1880.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HALL, of Watertown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dress-Forms, of which the following is a specification.'

This invention relates to an adjustable dressform whose ribs are made of spring metal instead of wood, of the-shape and style shown, a non-elastic band or tape encircling the upper ends thereof, said band being markedoff into inches and fractions thereof, for the purpose below set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure lis an elevation of a dress-form embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a detached view of several ribs. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a Irwdioation. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line x y, Fig. l. a. is the standard, supported by the pedestal b. c c are the double upper braces, extending from the ribs. to the sliding blocks d d, held by the rests e e. f j' are the lower braces or stretchers, extending from the ribs to the sliding block g, supported by the rest h. Thus far the dress-form has nothing novel in its construction.

Instead of wooden ribs, as heretofore used, I provide in this improvement ribs of spring metal, k, preferably steel wire or round springsteel, as shown in the drawings, particularly in Fig. 4. Each rib k extends from the bottom of the form to the top and down again. At its upper portion it is held against the grooved edges of the narrow supports Z l by encircling hands mm, more or less in number, and at its lower portion it, with the next ad- (No model.)

jacent rib, is secured to the edges of the narrow support l by similar bands m.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the ribs are parts of a continuous wire extending around the lower ends of the supports l, as well as around the upper ends of the supports l. The shape of these supports l l l, with the ribs held against their edges, is seen in Fig. 4. Besides keeping the ribs in place, the supports I.' l hold the outer ends of the stretchers cf. By making the ribs of spring-steel I secure great strength, durability, and elasticity'.

p is a non-elastic tape or band encircling the upper ends of the ribs k, and held in place by the staples n n. This tape p is provided with a scale divided into inches or sizes for obvious purposes-viz., adjusting the dress-form to various sizes.

The spring-metal ribs may be applied to either the skirt or waist of a dress-form.

The tape p may be placed at any height around the ribs, and one or more may be used,`

as desired.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a dress-form, the adjustable ribs k, provided with the supports l l l and bands m, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. The combination, with the adjustable ribs of a dress-form, of the non-elastic band or tape p, provided with a scale, and secured to said ribs, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

J OHN HALL. Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, GEORGE V. MALLQN. 

